DPP under pressure to go public on Curtin case

THE Director of Public Prosecutions is coming under increasing pressure to issue a public statement outlining how flaws in the prosecution case caused the collapse of the case against Judge Brian Curtin.

With the Government facing a growing political and constitutional crisis following Friday's not-guilty finding against the judge, the focus yesterday shifted onto the respective roles of the DPP's Office and the Garda Síochána in the failed prosecution. They were subjected to withering criticisms from trial judge Carroll Moran in his seven-page judgment directing a not-guilty finding.

The Labour Party yesterday demanded that the DPP, James Hamilton, issue a full public explanation setting out how such a fundamental error was allowed to happen in such a serious and sensitive case.